Places Jan Meyer Wants to Go

This wooden mosque is one of the few remnants of medieval Poland's Muslim Tatar community in this deeply Catholic country.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.

This museum in the tower of the oldest church in Gdańsk, is home to centuries-old time-keeping devices and the world's first pulsar clock.

The first, and perhaps only, monument dedicated to Wikipedia.

This elaborate stone bridge over the Neisse river has sat in pieces since 1945.

How did this desert wind up in the middle of a Polish forest?

What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.

A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Legend says a giant, venomous spider once dwelled within this Polish church.

An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.

Old cabin-like homes in a rural community untouched by time are known for their vibrant and colorful window shutters.

An open-air museum of 18th-century homes and churches transported from various villages in Southern Poland.

The two abandoned overpasses are among the largest bridges in Poland.

A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.

This open-air museum was originally a World War II testing ground for German missiles and rockets.

The site of one of the largest prison escapes of World War II.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

Boats must transform into railroad cars to navigate this Polish canal.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.